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Corrugated Fiberboard House Makes Great Use of Waste Material

As our waste stream continues to expand at an ever-increasing rate, we need to look at reclaimed and recycled materials as a resource for building. One ingenious solution is to use waxy corrugated fiberboard bails to build house walls. The stuff is hard to recycle (unlike non-waxed corrugated board), but bails of it could be [...] As our waste stream continues to expand at an ever-increasing rate, we need to look at reclaimed and recycled materials as a resource for building. One ingenious so...

Quebec to Construct Opera House Entirely From Shipping Pallets

Read the rest of Quebec to Construct Opera House Entirely From Shipping Palletshttp://www.inhabitat.com/wp-admin/ohttp://www.inhabitat.com/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=better_feedptions-general.php?page=better_feed Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", eco design, green architecture, Green Building, green design, jacques plante, l'opera palette, material reuse, opera, pallets, pascale pierre, quebec, quebec city, Recycled Materials, reuse, shipp...

A “High Line” Market Gains Momentum in Harlem

Photo credit: Mustafah Abdulaziz/WSJ Every city deserves a High Line park — Harlem perhaps more than others. In its heyday, Harlem enjoyed an open air food market under the active Metro North rail line called, La Marqueta, which was a common meeting area and place to buy, sell, and trade. In the 1970’s the market declined [...]Photo credit: Mustafah Abdulaziz/WSJ Every city deserves a High Line park — Harlem perhaps more than others. In its heyday, Harlem enjoyed an open air food market under...

Everything You Need to Know About Green Building From Tetris

Read the rest of Everything You Need to Know About Green Building From Tetrishttp://www.inhabitat.com/wp-admin/ohttp://www.inhabitat.com/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=better_feedptions-general.php?page=better_feed Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Green Building, modular building, portable building, prefab building, Sustainable Building, tetris architecture Read the rest of Everything You Need to Know About Green Building From Tetrishttp://www.inhabitat.co...

Clip-On Plant Room Adds Green Space to Apartment Buildings

Read the rest of Clip-On Plant Room Adds Green Space to Apartment Buildingshttp://www.inhabitat.com/wp-admin/ohttp://www.inhabitat.com/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=better_feedptions-general.php?page=better_feed Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", apartment addition, eco design, garden, Gardening, green architecture, green design, green roof, plant room, Prefab, prefab addition, prefabricated construction, solar hot water, Sustainable Building,...

Sydney Transforms Waterworks Ruins into Incredible Public Park

Read the rest of Sydney Transforms Waterworks Ruins into Incredible Public Parkhttp://www.inhabitat.com/wp-admin/ohttp://www.inhabitat.com/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=better_feedptions-general.php?page=better_feed Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Australia Park, Edward Bell, green roof, Greenway Award for Heritage, highline park, James Mather Delaney Design, sydney park, Tonkin Zulaikha Greer, urban park design, Victorian park, water catchment Read the rest...

Small Space Living: Tiny House Trend Grows Bigger

An increasing number of Americans are expressing interest in smaller space living, with some even owning homes under 100sq ft! One indicator of the trend is that instead of saying that tiny house owners are “downsizing”, those writing and speaking about little homes have coined the euphemism “rightsizing,” which more aptly describes how many view [...] An increasing number of Americans are expressing interest in smaller space living, with some even owning homes under 100sq ft! One indicator o...

Spain’s Wood-Clad Environmental HQ is A Green Gathering Place

A new public building in Zaragoza, Spain is much more than a set of offices for the city’s environmental services department — it is also a beautiful extension of the public park next to the Ebro River. Magén Arquitectos added a plethora of sustainable features like solar panels, rain catchment, and a green roof, but [...] A new public building in Zaragoza, Spain is much more than a set of offices for the city’s environmental services department — it is also a beautiful extension of the publi...

Snøhetta Selected to Design A New Car-Free Times Square

Exciting news for the Times Square Redevelopment Project has come to light! Norwegian firm, Snøhetta has been awarded the project to redesign a car-free, pedestrian friendly Times Square as well as public spaces on Broadway between 42nd – 47th Streets. We’ve loved the project since its inception and couldn’t be more excited to see what [...] Exciting news for the Times Square Redevelopment Project has come to light! Norwegian firm, Snøhetta has been awarded the project to redesign a car-free,...

Herzog & de Meuron’s Beirut Terraces With Hanging Gardens

A master plan for the city of Beirut is guiding the rehabilitation of the coastal city, and Herzog & de Meuron just unveiled an open and airy apartment development located in the central district. Beirut Terraces, seen over at Dezeen, is a composed of a series of terraces with various sized apartments and large open [...] A master plan for the city of Beirut is guiding the rehabilitation of the coastal city, and Herzog & de Meuron just unveiled an open and airy apartment development l...

Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Center Inspired by Native Architecture

Read the rest of Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Center Inspired by Native Architecturehttp://www.inhabitat.com/wp-admin/ohttp://www.inhabitat.com/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=better_feedptions-general.php?page=better_feed Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", bamboo, eco design, green architecture, Green Building, green design, jean-marie tjibaou cultural center, local materials, natural ventilation, new caledonia, renzo piano, renzo piano building...

Dune Hotel Provides Prefab Accommodation Where You Want To Be

The Dune Hotel is a prefab modular idea that is intended to fill urban niches and go where the action is. Emerging Brazilian Architect Guilherme de Vasconcelos wants us to take a look at those unused spaces in cities and out in the country and make them habitable. Think rooftops, empty lots, event spaces – [...] The Dune Hotel is a prefab modular idea that is intended to fill urban niches and go where the action is. Emerging Brazilian Architect Guilherme de Vasconcelos wants us to take a look...

Oakland’s Renovated Museum is a Green-Roofed Urban Gem

Read the rest of Oakland’s Renovated Museum is a Green-Roofed Urban Gemhttp://www.inhabitat.com/wp-admin/ohttp://www.inhabitat.com/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=better_feedptions-general.php?page=better_feed Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: 12th st project, brutalism, brutalist, Downtown revitalization, green museum, Green roof museum, Kevin Roche Oakland, Mark Cavagnero, museum renovation, museum upgrade, Oakland Museum renovation Read the rest of Oaklan...

Gowanus Canal in NYC Gets an Oxygen Breathing Pipe System

The Gowanus Canal in New York City is one of the most polluted waterways in the country. It was long used as an industrial dumping ground for the factories that line its sides. Now the canal is a Superfund site — a site designated by the EPA as being harmful to the people and environment [...] The Gowanus Canal in New York City is one of the most polluted waterways in the country. It was long used as an industrial dumping ground for the factories that line its sides. Now the canal is a Superf...

MVRDV Unveils ‘Pushed Slab’ Green Office Building for Paris

MVRDV just unveiled a striking new eco office building for Paris, and we’re excited to see that it will be powered by solar panels and incorporate proven green building strategies. The Pushed Slab building, designed in cooperation with local Paris architect North by North West, was conceived as a slab with the middle layers spread [...] MVRDV just unveiled a striking new eco office building for Paris, and we’re excited to see that it will be powered by solar panels and incorporate proven gree...